Library & Archives

Newpaper Collection

Hightstown Newspapers

Preface

This listing of the MCHA's Monmouth County newspapers is an update of the 1976 publication of Stellhorn and Wright's Directory of New Jersey Newspapers 1765-1970. It follows this publication's layout and, except in a few cases, uses its date spans and name changes.

The newspapers are grouped by town and within the town, alphabetically by newspaper title. (The appendix lists the newspaper titles alphabetically, with references to the town of publication.) An index to the newspapers is noted, when one is known to exist. Newspapers and serials published by schools and organizations are filed within the school or organization's manuscript collection and are noted in those collections' finding aids.

The date spans held by the MCHA are noted as being in either microfilm [mf] or hard copy [hc]. Hard copies of newspapers may not be photocopied.

The following symbols are used to denote frequency of publication:

d daily

w weekly

bw biweekly

trw triweekly

m monthly

q quarterly

irr irregular

[ ] incomplete run

 

 

Hightstown Excelsior. w, 1857 Jan 13 - 1861 Apr.
Merged with Village Record to form Hightstown Gazette.

MCHA holdings:

1857 Jun 13 - 1859 Mar 16 [mf]

 

Village Record. w, 1849 Jun 30 - 1851 Dec 26; 1852 Jul 16 - 1861 Apr 5
Became Hightstown Gazette in 1852 Jan. Became Hightstown Village Record in 1852 Jun. Reverted to Village Record in 1852 July, and in 1861 April it merged with Hightstown Excelsior to become Hightstown Gazette again. Published by James S. Yard; publishers changed to Jacob Stults and Morgan F. Mount as of 1854 Jan 27; publisher changed to M.F. Mount as of 1854 Aug 18

MCHA holdings:

1852 Jul 2 - 1854 Dec 29 [hc]

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